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Poultry Health

Hundreds of articles and videos, organized the way Keepers already browse them.

Health & Wellness

Ways Chickens Benefit a Garden

Are you raising chickens and trying to grow a garden?  Don’t get hung up on trying to keep your garden and chickens…

Seasonal Planning

How to Help Your Flock Beat the Heat

Welcome to June, everyone! Summer is here and we couldn’t be more excited! I’ve said this before that one of the best…

Health & Wellness

Table Scraps for Your Flock

Feeding table scraps to your chickens feels good, is full circle, and eco-friendly! My husband and I used to live in the…

Seasonal Planning

Raising Winter Chickens Part 3

Welcome to Part 3 of the Winter Chickens Series! We are now several months into our winter chicken raising experience and loving…

Egg Production

How to Stop Egg Eating

Most families tend a small backyard flock for the precious eggs hens generously give each day.  Few human foods are as delicious…

Health & Wellness

Planting Herbs for Chickens to Eat

Chickens are omnivores, which means that they need to eat both plants and animals, usually in the form of insects.  Eating both…

Advanced Topics

Surgery Isn’t a Do-It-Yourself Project

Featuring Dr. Jessica Fox We are going to tackle a topic today that I haven’t had firsthand experience in but I feel…

Advanced Topics

What is a Fairy Egg?

It started out like any other morning. After I got my husband and kids out the door for work and school, I…

Health & Wellness

How to Make a Chicken Dust Bath

I love to see people’s reactions when they ask how I bathe my chickens. When I tell them that chickens love to…

Daily Care Coop Cleaning

Tips on Keeping Your Coop Clean

Your chickens may be pretty and clean themselves, but without your help, they probably won’t keep their coop clean.  Cleaning the coop…

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